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alethonymous

alethonymous adjective: of or pertaining to an alethonym (a true name).

Adjective

alethonymous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to an alethonym (a true name).
    • These were later replaced by the alethonymous (if the word may be allowed) ones which are now in1951, John Russell Scott for the Manchester Guardian, Limited (publisher), “A Century And A Centenary”, in The Manchester Guardian Weekly, volume 65, page 4
    • Moreover, these affirmations of reason and knowledge tend to be hidden away in the less exciting, and therefore less read, portions of Kierkegaard's authorship, that is, either in the books to which he signed his own name—what I call alethonymous books—or in the two books by the pseudonymous author...2013, Richard McCombs, The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard
    Synonyms:
    orthonymous
    Antonyms:
    pseudonymous

Synonyms of alethonymous

Antonyms

Origin of alethonymous

From alethonym + -ous.

Questions about alethonymous

What does alethonymous mean?
Alethonymous means of or pertaining to an alethonym (a true name).
What part of speech is alethonymous?
Alethonymous is an adjective.

Words near alethonymous in the dictionary

  1. alethiologists
  2. alethiology
  3. aletho-
  4. alethology
  5. alethonym
  6. alethonymous
  7. alethonyms
  8. alethophile
  9. alethophiles
  10. alethophilia
  11. alethophilic

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